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Concert Cast
by Kyle Lamont
Concert CAST is a documentary travel podcast exploring concert culture from the ticket holder’s perspective.Hosted by live music journalist Kyle Lamont, the series takes listeners inside venues, backstage, and across cities to document the stories, people, and places that make up the live music experience. Through interviews, personal anecdotes, and field recordings, Concert CAST captures the emotional landscape of concertgoing and the communities built around it.The Concert CAST universe is expanding with Concert CHAT, a new video podcast that reviews venues and performances immediately after the show from a car parked outside. Recorded while the experience is still fresh, Concert CHAT breaks down the performance, the venue, and the crowd in real time.Together, these shows celebrate the people who make concert culture: the ticket holders.CAST & CHAT are part of Vemorii, a new platform for live entertainment tourism built for the fans who go the distance. By combining an independen
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Does Going Backstage Ruin The Magic? | Grand Ole Opry
What happens when a concert culture journalist gets backstage at one of the most legendary venues in America and starts wondering if she’s seeing too much? On a backstage tour of the Grand Ole Opry, I found myself caught between wanting to see everything and wondering whether pulling back the...
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The Unlikely Story Behind Concert CHAT | Meet the Hosts & Go Behind the Scenes
Meet the hosts of Concert CHAT: A new talk show reviewing the venues, culture, and performance from a car right after the encore. Watch the Video Version of Our Interview here. In this kickoff conversation, we share how Kyle and Tim met, the parallel creative journeys that brought us together…
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Introducing Concert CHAT: A Ticket Holder Tell-All for Concertgoers
From Kyle Lamont, creator and producer of Concert CAST, comes a new video podcast: Concert CHAT, a Ticket Holder Tell-All. Now streaming on VEMORii, a platform devoted to gig tripping and concert culture: https://vemorii.live/ Subscribe to Concert CHAT on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Vemorii...
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We Found The Coolest Music Venue in LA | Zebulon Review | Concert CHAT LA on VEMORii
From Kyle Lamont, creator and producer of Concert CAST, comes a new video podcast: Concert CHAT, a Ticket Holder Tell-All. Now streaming on VEMORii, a platform devoted to gig tripping and concert culture: https://vemorii.live/ Recorded immediately after the encore from a car parked outside the...
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The Most Legendary Basement in Music History | Café Wha? Venue Review | Concert CHAT NYC on VEMORii
From Kyle Lamont, creator and producer of Concert CAST, comes a new video podcast: Concert CHAT, a Ticket Holder Tell-All. Now streaming on VEMORii, a platform devoted to gig tripping and concert culture: https://vemorii.live/ Recorded immediately after the encore from a car parked outside the...
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This Hollywood Dance Club Gets Everything Right | SOUND Night Club Review | Concert CHAT LA on VEMORii
From Kyle Lamont, creator and producer of Concert CAST, comes a new video podcast: Concert CHAT, a Ticket Holder Tell-All. Now streaming on VEMORii, a platform devoted to gig tripping and concert culture: https://vemorii.live/ Recorded immediately after the encore from a car parked outside the...
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Is This the Most Unique Music Venue in NYC? | Brooklyn Bowl Review | Concert CHAT NYC on VEMORii
From Kyle Lamont, creator and producer of Concert CAST, comes a new video podcast: Concert CHAT, a Ticket Holder Tell-All. Now streaming on VEMORii, a platform devoted to gig tripping and concert culture: https://vemorii.live/ Recorded immediately after the encore from a car parked outside the...
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No Wonder Drake Had a Listening Party Here | Peppermint Club Review | Concert CHAT LA on VEMORii
From Kyle Lamont, creator and producer of Concert CAST, comes a new VIDEO PODCAST: Concert CHAT a Ticket Holder Tell All. Now streaming on VEMORii, https://vemorii.live/ a platform devoted to gig tripping and concert culture. Recorded immediately after the encore from a car parked outside the...
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The Future of Concert Culture is HERE: Concert CAST Update
The Future of Gig Tripping is Here: A note from Kyle Lamont To my loyal listeners: Concert CAST is evolving. We have officially joined VEMORii - a platform dedicated to gig tripping - to better serve the concert-going community and the culture we love. Alongside our signature immersive Concert…
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Ghosted by a Rockstar. Haunted by his Music | Concert CAST podcast with Kyle Lamont
I matched with the frontman of a band I used to sing my heart out to, one of our most prolific songwriters. A brief romance unfolded, then ended without a single word. Here’s what I learned about the duality of musicians and the heartbreak of mistaking his lyrics for the person I thought he was....
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What the F&*K is Concert CAST Podcast from Kyle Lamont?
This isn’t a podcast made from a couch or behind a desk. It’s recorded on the road, under glowing marquees, inside green rooms, and at the venue itself where the real stories of live music unfold. I’m inside it and you’re right there with me. Hi - I'm Your Host Kyle Lamont. There’s crying, absurd...
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Why Flagstaff, AZ is More Haunted (and Loud) Than You Think
What starts as a quick stop on Route 66 turns into a month-long musical adventure in Flagstaff, Arizona. Host Kyle Lamont takes you on a backstage tour of the historic Orpheum Theatre to uncover wild tales, including the night Umphrey’s McGee blew out the venue lights. We set up shop at the...
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I Think I Just Got More Gay: Inside 76th Street’s New Queer Anthem
Kyle Lamont reunites with Haley and Spencer of 76th Street to discuss their new queer pop EP, WILD, a six-song musical journey featuring everything from a heart-pounding love song dedicated to Nashville's hottest queer bar to what might be the most joyful and liberating breakup song you'll ever...
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Get Ready With The Headliner at A Maine Music Festival
In a podcast first, we take you backstage and inside a she-shed, letting you listen in real time as the headliner prepares for her set. In this episode of Let’s Go Festival from Concert CAST on VEMORii.live, host Kyle Lamont shadows Maine fashion icon Lena Kendall, frontwoman of the indie-folk…
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Sleep inside a Venue in Athens, Georgia called Happy Top
Push play for a tour of Happy Top, a one-of-a-kind B&B in Athens, Georgia that's also an analog performance space and recording studio. You'll hear the origin story, the approach to the vintage decoration and design (there's a piano in every room. Literally.), and how owner T.S. Woodward created…
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A Pep Talk for Creatives from ACL Concert Photographer | Concert CAST Podcast
When a dream about making love in a lighthouse sparks a music video project, I find myself stuck in a sea of self doubt until a legendary concert photographer's wisdom on the creative process lights a path forward. Get ready for a podcast pep talk on artistic resilience with Austin City Limits...
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50 Years in the Austin City Limits Photo Pit: A Conversation with Scott Newton
When Concert Cast host Kyle Lamont meets Scott Newton, Austin City Limits' resident photographer, she finds answers to long-held questions about the silent conversations musicians have with the camera, revealing secrets hidden within their photographs. Ever wonder what really happens when…
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Finger Up for A Ticket to PHISH at Sphere in Vegas | Concert CAST Podcast with Kyle Lamont
I’m on location in Las Vegas for Phish’s historic inaugural run at The Sphere, but there’s one problem: I don’t have a ticket. Join me as I put a "finger up" and hit the pavement with the miracle ticket seekers outside the world's most advanced venue. But the quest doesn’t stop at the gates.…
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TRAILER | Check Check One Two | Rockumentary Podcast feat. 76th Street
Haley and Spencer (76th Street) aren’t just an anthemic pop band with millions of TikTok followers - their music is rooted in a friendship as tight as their harmonies and in our new rockumentary podcast, we take a prismatic look at the power of friendship. This episode is about empowerment. It's...
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Queer Pop Dreams : A Reality TV Podcast with Kyle Lamont Feat. 76th Street
I thought I knew songwriting. Then I spent five days with Power Pop Duo, Haley and Spencer of 76th Street in Nashville. From ConcertCast.live we present, "Check Check One Two", a rockumentary podcast about a band’s life in the midst of their creative process, a mysterious space not always open…
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The Only Immersive Travel Podcast Exploring Music Venues | Concert Cast with Kyle Lamont
Most music shows talk about the industry from a distance; we talk to the culture from the front row. Concert CAST is an immersive, on-location journey that puts you inside the venues and on the road with the people who make live music happen. Recorded in motion—from the backroads of Maine to the...
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Salt Lake City: A Music Scene that Will Surprise You | Concert CAST Podcast
Salt Lake City has a strange reputation, but when host Kyle Lamont peels back the stereotypes, she finds that the city’s concert culture is creative, edgy, and overly kind. In this episode of Concert CAST, we journey from the salt flats to the velvet curtains, passing through local "nerd caves"…
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Come to an Underground Music Venue in Boston, MA with Kyle Lamont
On the outskirts of Boston, a warehouse comes alive on a frigid night. Artists and bohemians huddle together, drawn in by live music in one of the city's best-kept secrets. Journey to The Loft in Boston, a DIY artist rehearsal and performance space that serves as a sanctuary for experimental...
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Neon Tears: Finding Love Again at Maine's Biggest Outdoor Music Venue
Listen to my audio field note from the Bangor Savings Amphitheater where the bands Jax, MAX, and Big Time Rush reignite love's sparkle within me and I can't help but ponder: is this concert the culmination of my healing journey through heartbreak, or the beginning of a new love cycle? Heartbreak…
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I Slept in a Tent Behind the Main Stage: Music Festival Podcast from Concert CAST
From Concert CAST on VEMORii.live, we present Let’s Go Festival, the only immersive travel podcast that brings the music festival to you. Our series kicks off at the Narrow Gauge Amphitheater in Farmington, Maine, for the annual Sandy River Music Festival. Host Kyle Lamont tracks the high-stakes...
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The Venue Keeping Athens, Georgia Experimental: Flicker Theatre feat. Cookie Tongue
Stop letting the algorithm choose your soundtrack. When the disappointment of shuttered venues and the burnout of well-worn playlists collide in Athens, Georgia, host Kyle Lamont ditches the "safe listening" habit for a journey into the unknown.What she discovers inside Flicker Theatre & Bar—an...
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The Venues That Changed Phoenix Concert Culture | Concert CAST Podcast
Phoenix was once a layover city. Today, thanks to venues like Crescent Ballroom, its concert culture has transformed the once-barren downtown into a live music destination. In this episode of Concert CAST, Kyle Lamont takes you inside two iconic Phoenix spaces. First, we hit Crescent Ballroom—a...
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The Science of Silent Disco with HUSH | Concert CAST podcast
What do a silent disco and a corporate conference produced by HUSHconcerts have in common? Wireless headphones and a deeper sonic connection. First developed for military intercommunications in WWII, headphones have evolved from a tactical necessity into a mainstay for personal transport and…
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S2:E7 Mental Health on Tour Feat Tour Manager Misty Roberts
During the pandemic, Lamont hosted remote conversations with thought leaders who were actively shape shifting and recalibrating the next rendition of concert going and culture. This episode was recorded at the peak of the pandemic when mental health emerged as one of the most discussed and newly...
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S2:E6 Sonics & Structure with architect Carla Haskell
Lamont meets up with award-winning Maine architect, Carla Haskell to visit The Grand Theatre, a historic venue on the coast and then she heads to her firm to talk about creating space and her unconventional start in the field of architecture.
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S2:E5 Virtual Reality Dance Club with DJ Celeste Lear
Head to a digital dance club with virtual reality designer and music maker, DJ Celeste Lear for an immersive, futuristic approach to live music and how it can help reduce our festival footprint.
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S2:E4: Designing Brooklyn Bowl feat. Co-Owner Charley Ryan
Hang out over ZOOM with Charley Ryan, co-owner of Brooklyn Bowl. Ryan curates and collaborates to create the iconic vibe and feeling, the cool factor of the legendary rock venue. Hear the backstory on designing venues and what to look forward to when the new one opens in Nashville including…
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S2:E3 Drive-In Concerts : An Enjoyable Detour feat. The Mallett Brothers Band
Lamont takes you to a drive-in concert in Farmington, Maine to talk with The Mallett Brothers Band plus their fans and the owner of the drive-in to experience what it is like to safely enjoy a concert from your car.
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S2:E2 Save our Stages with Steve Chilton of NIVA and Rebel Lounge
We chat with Steve Chilton in Phoenix about his passion for promoting live concerts, repurposing his venue to a coffee shop (for now), the forming of the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA), his forecast for the business-side of live music and what fans can expect.
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S2: E1 | Empty Venue, Huge Voice: Angelikah Fahray’s State Theatre Gig in Maine | Concert CAST Podcast
This is one of our all-time favorite episodes for a reason. Even with the doors locked and the seats empty during the height of the pandemic, the music found a way to induce goosebumps. Host Kyle Lamont takes you behind the curtain of The State Theatre in Portland, Maine, for Conclave—a...
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S1:E15 | Sugarloaf Ski Resort, Maine feat. Ghost of Paul Revere | Concert CAST Podcast
Go backstage at Maine’s premier ski resort where the green room is a nursery school and the "Holler Folk" legends prepare to pack a massive mountain cafeteria. Host Kyle Lamont navigates the winding roads of the Western Maine highlands to reach the base of Sugarloaf. The mission: to witness the...
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S1:E14 | Clothespin Factory Turned Music Venue in Northern Maine | Concert CAST Podcast
Venturing to Stockholm, Maine, feels like crossing into an entirely different state—one where rocky coastlines dissolve into endless potato fields. In this snowy, time-capsule Swedish colony, host Kyle Lamont discovers Eureka Hall, a legendary musical outpost sitting just miles from the Canadian...
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S1: E13: Aroostook County: Maine’s Most Remote Music Venue Feat. Ben Cosgrove | Concert Cast Podcast
A five-hour trek into "The County" means leaving the salty air of the coast for a land where fishing villages dissolve into endless potato fields. Host Kyle Lamont journeys 300 miles north to the birthplace of astronauts and the last frontier of Maine. In this episode, we ride shotgun through a...
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S1:E12 | The Woods for Birding in Cherryfield, Maine | Concert CAST Podcast
Welcome to a world where the headliners aren't touring bands, but migratory singers with a "jazzy" dialect. Host Kyle Lamont heads to a solar-powered cabin on a dead-end street in Cherryfield to meet Chris Riley—a mason and avian ecologist who treats the Maine woods like a massive, open-air...
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S1:E11 | Downeast Has the Saltiest Music Venue in Maine | Concert CAST Podcast with Kyle Lamont
Drive through a "portal" on Maine’s most beautiful back road to reach a world where millionaires and clam diggers share a round. Host Kyle Lamont takes the scenic, winding route Downeast via Route 182—better known as Blackwoods Road—a stretch famous for its overhanging tree tunnels and local…
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S1:E10 | Writers Retreat in Sullivan, Maine | Concert CAST Podcast
Sullivan is a town that stays quiet but inspires loudly. Beyond the rocky coast of Frenchman’s Bay lies a community where solitude and connection overlap in the shadow of Cadillac Mountain. Host Kyle Lamont returns to her hometown to explore the transition of the Lucky Stone Retreat—a cottage…
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S1:E9 | Southwest Harbor, Maine: Jazz on the "Quiet Side" feat. Ryan Blotnick | Concert CAST Podcast
Escape the cruise ships and crowds for the oldest settlement on Mount Desert Island. Host Kyle Lamont heads to the "Quiet Side" to meet award-winning composer and jazz guitarist Ryan Blotnick. After scoring the Netflix documentary, "Knock Down the House", Ryan traded the burnout of NYC for the...
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S1: E8 | Music Venue Row in Bar Harbor, Maine | Concert CAST Podcast
Look beyond the souvenir shops to find the real rock and roll heartbeat of Mount Desert Island. While tourists crowd the main thoroughfares, a resilient subculture thrives on Rodick Street—a corridor host Kyle Lamont has dubbed "Music Row." In this episode, we cross the bridge to Bar Harbor to...
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S1:E7 | Warehouse Venue in Ellsworth, Maine Feat. The Drag Queen Lobsterman | Concert CAST Podcast
"Music grabs us by surprise, allowing us to mindfully move around our memories.” Host Kyle Lamont returns to her roots in Ellsworth—the "Capital of Downeast Maine"—to witness a cultural rebirth where music therapy meets punk-rock drag. This episode dives into the "cathartic agency" of sound,...
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S1:E6 | A Venue Crawl in Belfast, Maine | Concert CAST Podcast
Ever wondered what it’s like to watch a "fuzzy rock" band on a 1920s high school stage or hear a soulful jazz set in an Art Deco cinema? In this episode of Concert CAST, host Kyle Lamont lands on the Belfast, Maine waterfront to experience All Roads Music Festival—a two-day takeover that turns…
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S1:E5 | Jon Fishman: The Sound of Silence | Concert CAST Mini-Cast
After decades of feeling the floors of Madison Square Garden undulate under the feet of 20,000 fans, what does a rock star crave most? For Jon Fishman, the ultimate luxury isn't a louder stage—it’s the profound stillness of the Maine woods. In this "bite-sized" exclusive, host Kyle Lamont sits…
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S1: E4 | Jon Fishman: A Helping of Phish Food | Concert CAST Mini-Cast
What does it actually take to stay fueled during a marathon tour? From the "owner’s box" donut spreads of the Baker’s Dozen at MSG to the bare-bones reality of a green room that’s basically just a "break room with some almonds," Jon Fishman pulls back the curtain on the glamorous (and...
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S1:E3 | Jon Fishman: On Driving & DJing | Concert CAST Mini-Cast
“The spirit of a road trip is strikingly similar to musical improvisation.” - Kyle Lamont While the world knows him as the drummer of Phish, Jon Fishman’s local passion in Belfast, Maine, is "The Errant Path"—a weekly radio show where he trades his drumsticks for faders. In this "bite-sized...
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S1:E2 | Belfast: Fishman’s Favorite Music Venues | Drummer of Phish on Concert CAST Podcast
To find the heartbeat of Phish’s rhythm section, you have to leave the stadium lights behind and head into the rolling hills of Belfast, Maine. Host Kyle Lamont takes the scenic route through the weed farms of Route 90 to meet Jon Fishman in a place you’d least expect: behind the faders of a...
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S1:E1 | State Theatre Portland, Maine feat. Lauren Wayne | Concert CAST Podcast
What happens when a 1920s variety house survives a stint as a porn theater, a ceiling collapse during a Sarah McLachlan set, and a "haunted" history to become the pulse of Portland, Maine? In this episode, host Kyle Lamont kicks off a massive road trip around Maine's Music Scene at the iconic…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Concert CAST is a documentary travel podcast exploring concert culture from the ticket holder’s perspective.Hosted by live music journalist Kyle Lamont, the series takes listeners inside venues, backstage, and across cities to document the stories, people, and places that make up the live music experience. Through interviews, personal anecdotes, and field recordings, Concert CAST captures the emotional landscape of concertgoing and the communities built around it.The Concert CAST universe is expanding with Concert CHAT, a new video podcast that reviews venues and performances immediately after the show from a car parked outside. Recorded while the experience is still fresh, Concert CHAT breaks down the performance, the venue, and the crowd in real time.Together, these shows celebrate the people who make concert culture: the ticket holders.CAST & CHAT are part of Vemorii, a new platform for live entertainment tourism built for the fans who go the distance. By combining an independen
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Concert CAST is a documentary travel podcast exploring concert culture from the ticket holder’s perspective.Hosted by live music journalist Kyle Lamont, the series takes listeners inside venues, backstage, and across cities to document the stories, people, and places that make up the live music...
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